[00:06.539]Well,you  wonder  why  I  always  dress  in  black,
[00:11.555]Why  you  never  see  bright  colors  on  my  back,
[00:16.582]And  why  does  my  appearance
[00:19.202]seem  to  have  a  somber  tone.
[00:21.833]Well,there's  a  reason  for
[00:23.107]the  things  that  I  have  on.
[00:26.782]I  wear  the  black  for  the  poor
[00:29.42]and  the  beaten  down,
[00:31.797]Livin'in  the  hopeless,hungry  side  of  town,
[00:34.725]I  wear  it  for  the  prisoner
[00:39.397]who  has  long  paid  for  his  crime,
[00:42.12]But  is  there
[00:42.845]because  he's  a  victim  of  the  times.
[00:47.31]I  wear  the  black  for  those  who  never  read,
[00:51.981]Or  listened  to  the  words  that  Jesus  said,
[00:57.201]About  the  road  to  happiness
[00:59.726]through  love  and  charity,
[01:01.51]Why,you'd  think
[01:03.127]He's  talking  straight  to  you  and  me.
[01:06.926]Well,we're  doin'mighty  fine,
[01:09.188]I  do  suppose,
[01:12.96]In  our  streak  of  lightnin'cars
[01:14.426]and  fancy  clothes,
[01:15.284]But  just  so  we're  reminded  of
[01:19.722]the  ones  who  are  held  back,
[01:22.380]Up  front  there  ought 'a  be  a
[01:24.861]Man  In  Black.
[01:27.530]I  wear  it  for  the  sick  and  lonely  old,
[01:32.430]For  the  reckless  ones  whose
[01:34.141]bad  trip  left  them  cold,
[01:37.565]I  wear  the  black  in  mournin'
[01:40.117]for  the  lives  that  could  have  been,
[01:42.662]Each  week  we  lose
[01:43.910]a  hundred  fine  young  men.
[01:47.175]And,I  wear  it  for  the  thousands
[01:49.884]who  have  died,
[01:52.509]Believen'that  the  Lord  was  on  their  side,
[01:57.35]I  wear  it  for  another
[01:59.715]hundred  thousand  who  have  died,
[02:02.480]Believen'that  we  all  were  on  their  side.
[02:07.210]Well,there's  things  that  never  will  be  right  I  know,
[02:12.485]And  things  need  changin'everywhere  you  go,
[02:17.75]But 'til  we  start  to  make  a  move
[02:19.966]to  make  a  few  things  right,
[02:22.410]You'll  never  see  me  wear  a  suit  of  white.
[02:27.38]Ah,I'd  love  to  wear  a  rainbow  every  day,
[02:32.204]And  tell  the  world  that  everything's  OK,
[02:37.326]But  I'll  try  to  carry  off
[02:39.669]a  little  darkness  on  my  back,
[02:42.279]'Till  things  are  brighter,
[02:44.200]I'm  the  Man  In  Black.